As we’ve seen over the past year or so, there are some things in life that people are willing to breach their stay-home notices (SHN) and risk jail time for.
These include:
- food, particularly Bak Kut Teh
- hanky panky
- bubble tea
Now, breaking COVID-19 rules is never justified, of course, but we can at least see where these lawbreakers were coming from.
But some people breach their SHNs for reasons no one can fathom, for things so mundane they should be outlawed, for activities you normally would happily postpone.
Like a haircut.
Youth Breached SHN To Get a Haircut & to Smoke with Friends
On 15 April last year, Gorden Wong Jun Yuan visited the Bukit Merah Polyclinic as he had a dry cough, sore throat, and runny nose.
As you know, these symptoms are all associated with respiratory infections like the coronavirus, which is why he was given a medical certificate (MC) for five days.
In accordance with the guidelines at the time, he was also told not to leave home during that period.
So, the 20-year-old, who was a full-time national serviceman at the time, had two choices:
- Stay at home
- Literally anything but leave home
So, naturally, he left home the next day to smoke and make video calls to his friends.
Reader: But if he was just making video calls why couldn’t he have done it at home?
Why does a chicken whistle when it’s upset? There are some questions in life that’ll never be answered, dear reader.
Believe it or not, Wong flouted his stay-home order again when he visited the polyclinic again the next month and received a five-day MC for similar symptoms.
Just two days after getting the stay-home order, Wong met his friend to drink beer and smoke near where he lived.
And two days after that, while he was still supposed to stay home, he went out to get a haircut.
He also left his house during the circuit breaker last year in May to meet a friend to buy food and drinks at a supermarket and to have a smoke.
This guy really likes smoking outside.
Unfortunately for him, he was caught by a reporting officer at the Singapore Civil Defence Force, who discovered that Wong had not been home throughout his medical leave.
He was subsequently reported to the Immigrations and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
Fined $11,000
Yesterday (2 Sep), the 20-year-old was fined S$11,000 after pleading guilty to two charges related to COVID-19 regulations.
Another seven similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.
In total, Wong had broken COVID-19 rules on four occasions between April and May last year.
But hey, at least his hair looks good.
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